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No need for separate SGPC for Haryana, says Tohra Kurukshetra, December 22 This was stated by the SGPC President, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, who was speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating the annual function of Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School here yesterday. Mr Tohra was the chief quest at the function. Denying the allegation levelled by Sikhs of Haryana that the income collected from gurdwaras in Haryana had been diverted to the SGPC, Mr Tohra said it was a baseless allegation, adding that only 10 per cent of the income collected from gurdwaras in Haryana was being spent on education and religious programmes in Haryana while the rest of the money was being spent on the maintenance of these gurdwaras in Haryana. However, a central committee would be constituted to look after the expenditure. It would comprise all the 11 members of the Gurdwara Managing Committee, Haryana, and some members from the SGPC. Hence, there was no justification in creating a separate SGPC for Haryana, he added. While talking about Meeree Peeree Medical College, under construction at Shahabad in the district, Mr Tohra claimed that Rs 3.5 crore had been spent on the college during his tenure. Mr Tohra, in his inaugural address, appreciated the school management for establishing a school in the name of Guru Nanak Dev on the sacred land of Kurukshetra. He also congratulated the students who won various competitions. School students presented cultural programme and were given away prizes. On behalf of the SGPC, Mr Tohra announced a grant of Rs 2.5 lakh to the school. Earlier, the president of the managing committee of the school, Mr Manjeet Singh, welcomed the chief guest while the school Principal, Mrs Paramjeet Kaur, presented the annual report. |
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Bansi re-elected
HVP chief Rohtak, December 22 His name was proposed by Mr Manmohan Goyal. Mr Kanwal Singh, chairman of the parliamentary board of the party, and Mr Abhey Ram Dahiya, organising secretary, seconded his name. All other office-bearers of the party were elected unanimously. Mr Bansi Lal’s son Surender Singh was elected secretary-general while Mr Shri Kishen Das was elected treasurer. The four general secretaries elected were Mr Jitender Singh Kaka, Mr Anil Rao, Mr Rajiv Jain and Mr Attar Singh Saini. Another senior party leader, Mr Manphool Singh, was elected senior vice-president. The following were elected to the executive committee: Mr Chattar Singh Chauhan, Mr Harsh Kumar, Mr Ravi Lamba, Mr Pahlad Singh Gillakhera, Mr Ezaz Khan, Capt Rao Sher Singh, Mr Nand Kumar Kamboj, Mr Jagbir Singh Malik and Mr Pawan Sharma. Talking to newsmen after his election, Mr Bansi Lal said the Chief Minister Mr Om Parkash Chautala, should quit in view of his public statement that the Centre had not paid Rs 1,200 crore due to Haryana for almost four years now. A Chief Minister had no right to continue in office if he could not protect his state’s interests, the HVP leader added. He said the Haryana BJP had been claiming on the other hand that the Centre was giving the state ample funds for development projects. The two political allies should inform the public the truth about their claims and counter-claims. Mr Bansi Lal said the INLD and the BJP would contest the next parliamentary and state Assembly elections together since no other political party was prepared to have any electoral understanding with both these parties. He said the HVP would contest the next Lok Sabha poll from all 10 constituencies on its own. Mr Bansi Lal said the SYL canal would be built but only the apex court could fix a time frame. |
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MC officer caught tampering with record Karnal, December 22 In a separate case, the DC has also recommended to the Department to suspend the EO immediately on charges of misconduct, intentionally remaining absent from a meeting of the District Grievances Committee, trying to mislead senior officials and intentionally rejecting the building plan of a local resident whose case was pending before the committee. Confirming this, the DC, Mr R.S. Doon, disclosed that the EO was caught redhanded this morning by the City Magistrate, Mr Jagdip Singh, tampering with the records in the attendance register of the district-level meetings. The EO was detained on the spot and later handed over to the local police where he was detained for at least six hours. Later, he was released on getting in writing that he had tampered with the record in the attendance register. The DC said Mr Verma had fraudulently tried to mark his attendance in the register on the back pages of the proceedings of the District Grievances Committee meeting held on December 13, in which he intentionally remained absent following a complaint against him. A local resident had filed a complaint before the committee alleging that the EO was not clearing his building plan for the past many months. The EO was asked to appear before the committee to file his reply but he allegedly intentionally remained absent by sending a message through the Secretary of the MC that he had gone to Chandigarh to appear in a court case pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The meeting of the district grievances committee was convened on Saturday. Since, there is no workday in the high court on Saturday, the Chairman of the committee, Mr Ashok Kumar, Minister of Transport, asked the DC to initiate action against the EO on charges of intentionally remaining absent from the meeting. Subsequently, the DC recommended to the department of Urban Development on Friday evening to suspend the EO on charges of misconduct, intentionally remaining absent from the meeting of the district grievances committee, trying to mislead the senior officials and intentionally rejecting the building plan of a local resident whose case was pending before the grievances committee. Today, the EO was called to attend a meeting of the Lok Manch. Having come to know that the DC had recommended his suspension from the post, he allegedly marked his attendance fraudulently on the back pages of the December 13 meeting of the district grievances committee while marking his attendance on the page of today’s Lok Manch meeting. |
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Judicial custody for Yadav till Jan 5 Jind, December 22 Mr Yadav was arrested from his Panchkula house on Wednesday by the Safidon police in connection with a case registered against him at Jind. The case against Mr Yadav had been registered on the complaint of Mr Kashmir Singh, a resident of Dharamgarh Bohli village of Jind district. Mr Kashmir Singh had alleged in his complaint that Mr Yadav misused official vehicles and embezzled about Rs 1 lakh by submitting fake repair bills of these vehicles while he was SP, Jind. A case under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 was registered against Mr Yadav at the City Police Station, Jind, on September 16, 2000. An inquiry into the complaint was conducted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Safidon, who found that the complaint was correct. Mr Yadav was arrested on the basis of this inquiry and was produced before the court of the CJM, Jind, on December 18. The court remanded him in police custody till December 22. Mr Yadav is an IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre and was posted as SP, Jind, on deputation in 1993-94. Mr Yadav, who was DIG Ahmedabad, was placed under suspension about two years ago by the Gujarat Government. |
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Dalit reunited with wife, daughter Fatehabad, December 22 Major Singh is a landless Dalit labourer from Kanwalgarh village in this district. He had gone to work in the fields of Punjab Singh, a landlord of Sangh village in Mansa district of Punjab in June, this year. The landlord had thrown him and his four children in the age group of 18 months to eight years out of his residence. He had been keeping captive his wife Amro and teenaged daughter Angrezo. The landlord had been demanding Rs 20,000 from the labourer for their release. Major Singh had also apprehended that the landlord was sexually abusing his wife and daughter. He had been running from pillar to post for their release, but no one paid heed to his complaint. The police post at Mehmara near Kanwalgarh village, where he had gone to report the incident, had refused to register an FIR. The fate of the poor labourer took a turn for the better when he narrated his tale to Ms Sangeet Meenakshi. She wrote to the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and other authorities in this regard. The Tribune also carried a story titled ‘Dalit thrown out by landlord; wife, daughter held captive’, highlighting his plight on December 19. Immediately after The news appeared in the Tribune, the local police registered a DDR at Mehmara police post and special messengers were rushed to the SP Mansa and police station of Sardulgarh. The police got the woman and her daughter released from the clutches of the landlord yesterday and handed them over to Major Singh. The landlord was also brought to book by the police. When this correspondent met Major Singh for the first time on December 18, he found him sobbing. He then said that poor and meek were helpless in front of the rich and mighty and even their women were not safe at the hands of those who had the resources. Today again, tears were rolling down his cheeks, when he came to this correspondent. But they were of happiness. He said the developments of the past three days had reassured him that rule of law prevailed in our country and no one, howsoever mighty, was above law. |
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Baby baboon born in Pipli zoo Chandigarh, December 22 The female baboon that was shifted from Mysore Zoo to Mini Zoo, Pipli, under an ‘animal’ exchange programme on the Central Zoo Authority’s guidelines in August 2002, gave birth to a healthy baboon on Friday. Aged about 10 years, she was brought to the zoo for the pairing with a 15-year-old male. The male simian has been in zoo for the past 14 years. According to the Haryana Wildlife authorities, the pair had also bred in the zoo early this year, but the baby died a day after its birth. The new ‘arrival’ has become a centre of attraction for visitors and is a healthy baby, claimed Mr Mangat Ram, a Wildlife Inspector at the zoo. Since the mother hardly leaves its infant alone, the zoo staff has not been able to weigh and determine its sex as yet. To protect this rare simian family from the biting cold, the zoo staff has laid a layer of straw on the floor of their ‘house’ and gunny bags have also been put around it. The new ‘guest’ has been
continuously clinging to the chest of its mother. The mother is rearing its baby with affection while the father growls at onlookers to keep them at a bay from their enclosure. According to wildlife experts, the animal is basically a native of Africa and parts of the Arabian peninsula only. These monkeys have long, dense and silky fur which is grey in males and brownish in females. Adult males have a silver-grey mane on the head, neck and shoulders. All adults have red, hairless skin on the face and rump. Ischial callosities allow baboons to sit and sleep upright. Their life span is up to 40 years. Being a quadruped, the simian travels in large groups of up to 200, called "troops". The Hamadryas baboon is an omnivore. It lives on grass seeds,
roots, tubers and leaves. Small vertebrates such as birds and invertebrates are also eaten. Male baboons become adult after seven years, while females reach sexual maturity between three to four years of age. The gestation period of the female animal is about 172 days. The infants born are black with a pink face and pink flapping ears. The mothers feed and care for the infants for about eight months, after which the young ones are weaned away, the experts revealed. |
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Ex-engineer
joins probe in Avedna case Ambala, December 22 Mr Hussain joined the investigation following directions from the Supreme Court. Mr Hussain was questioned regarding the case at the Detective Staff Office in Sector 10,
HUDA, Ambala City. The questioning began in the morning and continued till the evening. He will again be questioned tomorrow.
Avedna’s father, Mr Ashok Sharma, was also present. A posse of
policemen, led by the DSP, Mr Uday Shankar, maintained vigil to ensure
that there was no untoward incident. The police is believed to have prepared a large number of
questions. Avedna had apparently disembarked from a train while the
couple was travelling to Jammu. She had gone missing in Ludhiana.
Avedna’s parents had alleged that she had been kidnapped by Mr
Hussain, who was then working as an Assistant Engineer with the Punjab
Wakf Board. However, after the incident, a notice was served to Mr
Hussain by the board following which his services were terminated. The
police had tried to arrest Mr Hussain several times but without
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Bundh bed bars
damaged Yamunanagar, December, 22 During the monsoon, dozens of villages on the Haryana side were flooded. Rs 2 million was spent by the state government to ensure protection to the people and agricultural land. Mr Dalbir Singh, Superintending Engineer, when contacted here today, confirmed that there had been extensive damage to the work executed at the site, about 40 km from Yamunanagar. He said that work at the bed bar site was completed on December 2 amicably. However, some miscreants from UP side damaged the work. He said labour had been deputed to rectify the damage. Mr Dalbir Singh said he had already informed the District Administration as well as higher authorities at Chandigarh. He said the execution of flood protection works at Mandewala had been decided by an inter-state committee, Yamuna Standing Committee, in which a representative from UP had also participated. |
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Matarshyam case verdict tomorrow Hisar, December 22 The court had convicted a former Sarpanch of the village, Ishwar Singh, who killed his own family members, and his associate Satte under Sections 302, 307 and 201 of the IPC on December 18. Another accused in the case, Nihal Singh, a resident of the nearby Bahabal Pur village, was convicted under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. The court had earlier acquitted two women — Krishna and her daughter Sushma — in the case. Ishwar Singh along with his three associates had shot dead six members of his own family on the night of March 18, 1999, when they were asleep. They included his wife Krishna (36), sons Krishan (16) and Satpal (18), father Prahlad Singh (75), brother Chander Singh’s wife Roshni Devi (28) and her four-year-old son
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Leaf from History Ambala, December 22 The history of the Shiv Temple is interesting. It has witnessed considerable changes with the passage of time. The establishment of the temple is intrinsically linked with the movement of the British troops from Karnal to Ambala since it was felt that the conditions at Ambala were favourable for setting up a Cantonment. During the British regime, elephants were used as gun carriers by the army and a special unit, “The Elephant Cavalry Regiment”, was formed. One such unit arrived at Ambala in 1844 when the British army moved from Karnal to Ambala. It was stationed near the BD flour mill. The elephants were looked after and trained by mahouts from South India, mostly hailing from the Madras Presidency. The mahouts were devout worshippers of Lord Shiva. Soon after arriving here, the mahouts approached the military high command for permission to have a small temple within their unit. The permission was granted and some land was acquired near Nanhera. To start with, a Pindi (idol) was installed in a small hut. Thus, it derived the name Haathi Khana Mandir. Local historian Manmohan Sarup Gupta said that with the passage of time, the temple was visited by Lord Shiva devotees from civil areas. After the Elephant Cavalry Regiment moved from Ambala, the temple was managed by a priest residing there. A registered Trust was constituted after Independence. Mr Gupta said “bhandaras” are periodically held with voluntary donations from the devotees. “It is said that RBL Benarsi Dass & Co used to supply 20 kg of flour every month for the priest of the temple,” he said. He pointed out that the Haathi Khana temple has been completely renovated with the help of donations, which includes “Gupt-Daan”. |
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Ex-servicemen hold protest, submit memorandum Ambala, December 22 A delegation, including retired Army officers, submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India expressing distress over the delay in implementation of demands. Those present include Brig M.M.S. Datta, Col P.D. Joshi, Col Kuldev Nand, Major K.S. Virk, Col M.L. Sareen, Major O.P. Sharma, Lt Col K.K. Mohin, Flt Lt J.S. Dhiman, Capt R.K. Atri and Sub M. Singh. Retired officers pointed out that ex-servicemen quota for vacancies in various government organisations continued to be unfilled. “The policy of one rank, one pension’ has been denied despite promises made by the Central Government. The condition of serving 33 years to earn full pension must be done away with because it was against the principle of natural justice,” officers said. They demanded the provision of reserved quota to ex-servicemen in panchayats, state assemblies, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha so that they had a say in the policy-making decisions. Also, 50 per cent concession should be given to ex-servicemen on rail and air fare, they added. |
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Fast on to seek
arrest of sarpanch’s kidnappers Rohtak, December 22 A deputation of the Sangharsh Samiti, formed for the purpose, also met the Superintendent of Police, Mr Alok Rai, today. According to a samiti press note, the SP offered to hand over the probe to any officer of the samiti’s choice. However, its activists said all they wanted was an honest probe into the disappearance of the sarpanch. The SP has directed the DSP (City) to expedite the investigation. Mr Karan Singh had disappeared several weeks ago and there has been no clue to his whereabouts since then. |
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Lions Club donates tricycles Ambala, December 22 President Ved Arora said three tri-cycles were given to needy students of Government Primary School, near local bus stand. He added that 50 sweaters were given to students of Government School, Kuldeep Nagar, while 75 pairs of shoes were given to students of Government High School, Ram Bagh road. He said ration was given to the institute for the blind and fruits were distributed at the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. |
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Rohtak schools
closed Rohtak, December 22 The school managements have also been asked not to organise picnics or excursions during the period the institutions remained closed. However, the order will not apply to any external examinations whose schedules cannot be changed by the managements at their own level. |
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Arrest culprits,
demands Cong Sirsa, December 22 |
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